A new and interesting theme for PPC.

changes in v 2.0

- New skin for LG keys on the bottom, the overlapping button problem was fixed by making seperate rows (credit to xda-member scicarb for the nice changes)
- New analog clock on home screen with ticking second hand
- cleaned up some graphics

all credits given to the creators of rltoday, ultimatelaunch, and batterystatus

Installation instructions:

1. install BatteryStatusExt.1.04.UPXed.build_0270.CAB and put the htc home.xml and the htchomeskin folder in your batterystatus folder in the windows directory. select htc home as your theme and untick every row except for the “messages” row

2. install rltoday.cab and put the s2u2 folder in your program files/rltoday folder and replace the rltoday.ini with the one i provided.

3. place all 3 htc home files in your windows directory to overwrite the old ones

4. install testtodayplugin.cab (photo speed dial)

5. put dcinobar.exe in your windows directory and make a shortcut for it in your \windows\startup folder

6. put the aurora.jpg on your device set it as your today background.

7. finally, install ultimate launch via the setup.exe and replace the ultimatelaunch.ini with the one in zip.

Source : xda-developers.com

NOTE: V2.0 is just a folder of replacement files for v1.0, you need to download 1.0 and replace with the files with 2.0

Aurora v1.0

Aurora v2.0

ShantzTodayChanger - Timed Wallpaper\THEME Cycler

This small tool will cycle your today background or theme after a set interval of time.
Usage:

1. Make a folder on ur device (preferably not on storage card.) and extract all the files (mainly ShantzTodayChanger.exe, TdyChangerCfg.exe, gsgetfile.dll (might not be visible to u depending on ur explorer settings) and Readme.htm) to this folder.
2. IMP: Do not rename any files.
3. Run the TdyChangerCfg.exe.
4. Set options through the dialog that opens and press apply button (Pressing the native WM OK button will discard all your changes)
5. Options:

i)Choose image type (.gif\.jpg\.png) or theme(.tsk) to be cycled.
ii)If the input files (images or themes) are not in the folder where exes are kept, then you can check the box (underneath the .gif option) and give the “FULL and ABSOLUTE” path of where the files are kept. You can either input the path thru keyboard or choose it graphically by pressing the button (…) next to it.
iii)If you want to run a file after every cycle interval, check the corresponding box and provide the “FULL and ABSOLUTE” path of the file to be run. You can either input the path thru keyboard or choose it graphically by pressing the button (…) next to it.
iv) If you want some files to be avoided during cycling, put a file mask. The program will look for this mask to appear anywhere in the name of the files and will avoid it if found. (Wildcards are not supported. Choose time option has to be checked for this to work)
v) Choose the period for which mask option has to be used. If you choose a time period and leave mask as empty, then during that time no cycling will be done. If you want to avoid some files all the time, then time period should be chosen to cover all 24 hrs of the day.
vi)enter the desired interval between cycling of images\themes.
vii)If you choose a period for the mask, another check box (Consider mask period for exe also) will be enabled. Checking this box will mean that the specified exe will be run only if an image\theme is changed during that cycle. If you dont check this, then exe will be run after every cycle even if there is no change in the image\theme.

6. When you want to stop the cycling, press “STOP Cycling” button.

Known Issues:

i) If the mask option is selected, then in a very particular situation, the app will miss a cycle.
This can be taken care of but not in my priority list because this can be fixed only by rewriting the complete cycling code which is quite a bit. So, will fix it if I get some time from my other projects.
ii) If after maknig the configuration, you see the screen flash for a second at the right times, but the backfround doesn’t change, then do this:
- Go to : Settings…today….appearance
- un-check “Use this picture as background”
- start the program using “startTodayChanger.lnk” or TdyChangerCfg (Apply button)
(Thnx to CWKJ for reporting this bug and fix, and to eric for reminding me about it)

If you find this tool useful, please donate to the developer.

Source : tech.shantanugoel.com

From Developers Site

This plugin displays an analog clock on the today screen

Main Features:

* completely skinnable
* skins work like photoshop files (with layers)
* antialiased-grade graphics quality, better than alternatives (namely spbclock)
* can be centered, left, right aligned with a margin
* can create stunning effects: canvas shadows, hand shadows, transparent clocks, glass translucency, semi-transparency, etc…
* real-time second hand motion (for fast PDAs)

Instructions:

*This Plug-In is compatible with WM5 and upwards!
*Run the .cab, and install into internal memory.
*Put additional clock files (skins) created by others into the install dir, then you can choose them in the plugin options.
*The CAB file already comes with 3 skins you may like or not.
*You can create your own skins using REdit (REdit runs on your PC and needs NET Framework 2.0)

Source : Retro HomePage

Retro PPC 1.03

REdit

The suit is based on HTC applications skinned to glossy vista look and includes:

- home (icons, clock, background)
- Commmanager
- Action screen
- Dialer
- Calculator
- Windows media player
- Audio manager
- Cube
- Today theme

Every folder has it own little instruction so please read before you install.

Source : xda-developers.com

from Rapidshare

Please Donate to the Developer (poorlyduck) if you like this.

eXPerience for the Pocket PC is translation of the Windows XP interface for desktop computers. This interface is a great alternative to the one that ships with Pocket PC.

NOTE : Might not run properly on WM5 and above

old interface :

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eXPerience Interface :

erience

Efficient

Set fast links or desktop icons to access the applications you use most often.

Fast Link section

Unlimited desktop icons.

Desktop style docking

List all running applications

Display eXPerience’s menu or Pocket PC’s menu

Resize the taskbar

Plus many more features!

Source : digitalexpedition.com

from Developers Website

SleekVision v1.0 by KEROLiUKAS

QVGA Theme for WM Standard (non touchscreen)

Extract files in \Application Data\Home\
Note: The calendar button does not work yet.

This application looks promising but its only for non touch screen Win Mobile. Hope the developer releases a new version for touch screen devices. Please inform the developer of any bugs or feature suggestion @ xda-dev

SleekVision v1.0